Risk based inspection
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Risk based Inspection (or RBI) is a risk-based approach to industrial inspection which analyses both the likelihood of failure and the consequence of failure, often in industrial pipework. It is also called Risk Based Asset Management (RBAM), Risk Based Integrity Management (RBIM) or simply Risk Based Management (RBM).
It is used to prioritise inspection, usually via the means of non-destructive testing, requirements for major oil refineries and chemical installations around the world.
Typically items with high probablity and high consequence will be given a higher prority for inspection than items which are high probability but failure has low consequence. This strategy allows for a rational investment of inspection resources.
Following an explosion in April 2001, the ConocoPhillips-owned Humber Refinery in the United Kingdom was found guilty of failing to appropriately monitor the deterioration of its pipework. An RBI programme has since been employed by the company.[1]
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- ^ ConocoPhillips Ltd fined - Health & Safety Executive website
